Running for council in Oyama.

Todd will remain deeply committed to fostering a safe, vibrant and fiscally responsible community with sustainable urban planning and attainable housing options.

Asked Lake Country businesses often struggle to recruit and retain employees because of housing costs and availability. What actions would you support to increase attainable workforce housing?

My focus for years has been on attainable housing. We need to support housing that makes it easy for people to live work and play in their own communities.

Asked How would you control municipal spending and keep commercial property taxes, business-licensing costs and other municipal fees affordable?

By cutting back on useless spending

Asked How would you control municipal spending and keep commercial property taxes, business-licensing costs and other municipal fees affordable?

Municipal spending will always be a level of service discussion. If the community wants more services, that requires us to find a way to fund that without placing the entire burden on local taxpayers.

Asked How would you address traffic congestion, parking limitations and transportation challenges affecting employees, customers and commercial deliveries?

This is a massive problem for all of us and something that needs to be addressed immediately but we'll be needing help from the provincial and federal government on this.The hwy needs to flowWe need on and off ramps to merge in and out off traffic not more red lights ,these things come at a high cost but there the right solution to this problem

Asked How would you address traffic congestion, parking limitations and transportation challenges affecting employees, customers and commercial deliveries?

The commonwealth connection is the single biggest step towards helping our traffic flow in and around the community. Every project needs to have its own analysis done and where there are problems, we need to address them.

Asked What are the three most important actions the District should take to support the growth and success of local businesses?

Finish main StreetSpeed up permitsAnd helping them through the process

Asked What specific changes would you support to make building permits, development applications, inspections and business approvals faster and more predictable?

We have made numerous changes and improvements to procedures, policies and bylaws already and went from one of the worst in the province to one that developers now want to work with.

Asked What steps would you support to improve public safety, cleanliness and security in Lake Country’s commercial areas?

I personally believe that there needs to be strong consequences for the people who break these simple rulesA stronger by law presents would helpAnd few more cops to patrol and monitor are community well we sleep wouldn't hurt

Asked What steps would you support to improve public safety, cleanliness and security in Lake Country’s commercial areas?

Public safety is always a focus in DLC policies and must never be relaxed.

Asked How should the District work with the Lake Country Chamber of Commerce and local businesses when developing policies, budgets and long-term economic plans?

To help make sure that over and useless spending isn't happening and to make sure the people's voices are being heard

Asked At the end of your four-year term, what measurable results should Lake Country businesses use to determine whether you successfully improved the local business environment?

I believe we always need measurable results and have been a proponent for setting those goals my entire term on Council.